260 Plainfield School District 202 Students Named AP Scholars

Submitted by Plainfield School District 202

Two hundred sixty District 202 high school graduates and current students have been named 2015 AP Scholars based on their performance on the Advanced Placement exams given during the 2014-2015 school year.

The 260 AP Scholars is the most ever for District 202, and 27 more than last year’s 233 AP Scholars, which was also a record number.

The 260 include 11 students named National AP Scholars, the highest Scholar designation. The 11 is nearly double last year’s six National Scholars.

The Advanced Placement (AP) Program allows motivated and academically prepared high school students to take challenging, college-level courses and get college credit, advanced placement or both for successful performance on the AP Exams.

District 202’s ongoing success with the AP Scholar program is a continued affirmation of the work the district has done to empower and encourage students to take more challenging courses, said Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Glenn Wood.

District 202 has increased the number of AP classes offered, increased access to those classes and provided additional support to students who choose to take them, he said. In 2006, District 202 offered only four AP courses. This year District 202 offers 24 AP courses.

Students do not have to take the AP exams associated with their courses, but most do. Students may earn college credit for their subject area by taking the tests for their AP classes. As well, the testing program helps district staff to gauge how effectively the courses are being taught.

This year’s results follow major initiatives implemented over the last several years to improve high school achievement, by raising the number of more challenging courses, making it easier for more students to take such courses and eliminating some lower-level classes, among numerous other systemic upgrades.

The 2015 AP Scholars include:

· 33 Plainfield High School – Central Campus students, down from 42 last year;

· 61 Plainfield South High School students, up from 53 last year;

· 111 Plainfield North High School students, up from 83 last year;

· 55 Plainfield East High School students, the same as last year.

The AP Scholar Awards are given at four levels:

· AP Scholars earned at least a 3 (out of a possible five) on three or more AP exams.

o This year, District 202 had 139 AP Scholars, up from 118 last year.

· AP Scholars with Honor earned an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

o This year, District 202 had 52 AP Scholars with Honor, up from 50 last year.

· AP Scholars with Distinction earned an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

o This year, District 202 had 69 AP Scholars with Distinction, up from 65 last year.

National AP Scholar status is granted to students in the United States who earn an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams taken and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

o This year, 11 District 202 students earned National AP Scholar status:

PNHS graduates Dean Edson, Michael Jung, Irfaan Khalid, Abdelhalim Othman, Zain Shaikh and Nathan Travers; and current seniors Kendall Junger and Paul Wilkens;

PSHS graduates Tynan Jackson and Olivia Malone;

PHSCC graduate Frank Syrek

Highlights from this year’s AP Scholar data:

· Ten students took at least 10 AP exams:

PHSCC – Frank Syrek (11 exams)

PSHS – Tynan Jackson (10 exams), Olivia Malone (11 exams)

PNHS – Sparsh Jain, Osman Manzoor, Isaac Salvador and Nathan Travers (10 exams each); Zain Shaikh (11 exams); and Irfaan Khalid (14 exams)

PEHS – Iraklis Analitis (12 exams)

· Two students earned an average score of “5” by scoring 5’s on all exams they took:

o Current PNHS seniors Emily Restuccia (three exams) and Henry Ridder (four exams)

· PNHS posted the highest school average score – (3.84 down from 3.90 out of a possible five) followed by:

o PHSCC (3.51, down from 3.57)

o PEHS (3.44, down from 3.53)

o PSHS (3.28, down from 3.43)

2015 DISTRICT 202 AP SCHOLARS (all students are 2015 graduates, except as indicated. Where grades are noted, the noted grade is for the 2015-16 school year)

PHSCC

AP Scholars:

· Kirsten Anderson

· Michael Frieh (senior)

· Erick Gloria

· Brittany Hauert

· Joshua Hauert (senior)

· Bridget Ketter (senior)

· Nicholas Margarella (senior)

· Paul Miller

· Sarah Misurac

· Rebecca Parmenter (senior)

· Nicholas Parpart (senior)

· Zachary Ryan (senior)

· Mauricio Sandoval (senior)

· Cory Schneider

· Eric Smith (senior)

· Keegan Smith

· Declan Sparks

· Rylee Stirn

· Elizabeth Toon

· Logan Traina

· Ian Wright (senior)

AP Scholar with Honor:

· Corrina Mauss

· Devon Palmer (senior)

· Madeline Shay (senior)

· Phoebe Snydersmith (senior)

· Mark Syrek (senior)

· Keith Young

AP Scholar with Distinction

· Nicholas Duesing

· Alex Ibarra

· Rudainah Najeeb

· Dana Schrock

· Alec Sobkoviak

· Frank Syrek

National AP Scholar

· Frank Syrek

PSHS

AP Scholars:

· Ericka Battle

· Anirudh Bhatia (senior)

· Jordyn Blomquist (senior)

· William Bockman

· Marissa Campobasso

· Joseph Crump (senior)

· Brandon Dattomo (senior)

· Daniel Diurczak

· Liam Dwyer (senior)

· Bryan Endres (senior)

· Angelica Fernandez

· Eric Fleming (senior)

· Joseph Garcia

· Taylor Gerson (senior)

· Brittany Gibas

· Jeffrey Haas (senior)

· Chelsea Hernandez (senior)

· Jessyca Hess

· Steven Homecgoy

· Syed Hussaini

· Kyra James (senior)

· Daniel Kilgore (senior)

· Kristina Kore

· Claudia Lundgren

· Rose Mannina

· Kyle Miller (senior)

· Pablo Moreno

· Jacob Morrow (senior)

· Thomas Mulcahy (senior)

· Somadina Ogbozor (senior)

· Jacob Pruiett

· Jonathon Quinones (senior)

· William Sarkas (senior)

· Alan Sherrill (senior)

· Kathryn Simpson (senior)

· Anthony Smith

· Connor Smith

· Felicia Soto

· Piotr Szocinski

· Austin Volling

· Rebecca Vondriska

· Ellen Werderitsch

· Stephanie Wyler

AP Scholar with Honor:

· Nicholas Albertini

· Derek Biliskov

· Jacob Gleason (senior)

· Samantha Hlavac

· Patrick Hurtado

· Cory Kopanski

· Katherine Ley

· Claudia Piwowarczyk (senior)

· Marissa Walker (senior)

AP Scholar with Distinction

· Rhome Apton (senior)

· Tyler Benavides

· Adam Burt

· Nicholas Diamantopoulos

· Michele Govern

· Tynan Jackson

· Olivia Malone

· Jeremy Ross

· Amanda Swanson (senior)

National AP Scholar

· Tynan Jackson

· Olivia Malone

PNHS

AP Scholars:

· Zahra Ali (senior)

· Karina Arroyo

· Rachel Badali (senior)

· Miranda Bakker (senior)

· Jordan Barry

· Mikella Buford (senior)

· Jennifer Burmesch (senior)

· Tyler Bussell

· Anna Byczynski (senior)

· Victoria Cancelliere

· Jessica Clanton

· Adam Cole (senior)

· Siobhan Conners (senior)

· Brianna Creter

· Morgan Dastrup

· Emily Domabyl (senior)

· Lauren Dvorak (senior)

· Samantha Elster (senior)

· Olivia Fegter (senior)

· Travis Foust

· Margo Gislain

· Sarah Hass (senior)

· Sarah Holmes (senior)

· Elizabeth Kacpura (senior)

· Kari Knopp (senior)

· Emily Kubaitis (senior)

· Rachael Lau (senior)

· Martin Leyson (senior

· Sierra Lopezalles (senior)

· Christopher Lux

· Osman Manzoor

· Jeffrey Margotta

· Ryan Newell (senior)

· Megan Pertile (senior)

· Allison Petro

· Amanda Petro

· Emily Restuccia (senior)

· Jamie Rohlfing

· Aya Sellami (senior)

· Joshua Short

· Jacob Smolen (senior)

· Dominique Stewart

· Benjamin Tegtmeyer

· Veronica Turturillo

· John Tuskey

· Tyler Villa (senior)

· Jessica Whitfield (senior)

AP Scholar with Honor:

· Sania Ali

· Zakary Amen (senior)

· Emily Cresta (senior)

· Matthew Denney (senior)

· Cassandra Diehl

· Marshall Dillon (senior)

· Haley Grindle (senior)

· Daniel Gulino

· Sparsh Jain

· Morgan Krieger

· Kelsey Leff (senior)

· Catherine Mazeika (senior

· Leigha Meredith

· Yujin Na (senior)

· Alex Netzel

· Christopher Oberg (senior)

· Maya Patel (senior)

· John Piemonte

· Henry Ridder (senior)

· Gabriel Sharp

· Sydney Smith

· Parker Sonnenberg (senior)

· Robert Thurman

· Molly Widing

AP Scholar with Distinction

· Matthew Babuskow

· Vivek Bandapalle (senior)

· Brian Batinick (senior)

· Abigail Boris

· Adam Bruyere

· Ryan Carlson (senior)

· Erin Chynoweth

· John Conley

· Adam DeGala

· Henry Dykhuizen

· Dean Edson

· Kevin Ferguson (senior)

· Alyssa Fijalkowski

· Melanie Flock

· Kristin Gentile

· Landon Glunt

· Reed Herner

· Hunter Houslet (senior)

· Michael Jung

· Kendall Junger (senior)

· Ryan Kantor

· Riley Keenan (senior

· Irfaan Khalid

· James Lang (senior)

· Andi Mankolli (senior)

· Abdelhalim Othman

· Bradford Richardson

· Alexander Ruscitti

· Isaac Salvador

· Jack Sebok (senior)

· Zain Shaikh

· Stephanie Sroczynski

· Carly Staser

· Megan Svara (senior)

· Emily Terian (senior)

· Nathan Travers

· Nusrat Waris (senior)

· Haley West

· Paul Wilkens (senior)

· Noah Wood

National AP Scholar

· Dean Edson

· Michael Jung

· Kendall Junger (senior)

· Irfaan Khalid

· Abdelhalim Othman

· Zain Shaikh

· Nathan Travers

· Paul Wilkens (senior)

PEHS

AP Scholars:

· Mustafa Abdul-Kader

· Samantha Barbarek

· Philip Bobrowski (senior)

· Matthew Brdlik

· Alexia Chlibovytsch

· Daniel Colon

· Abigail Crowne

· Anndrea Distor

· Samantha Ford

· Ryan Gaddis

· Lucas George

· Bryanna Gonzalez

· Maria Guilfoyle (senior)

· Christopher Kovac (senior)

· Nathan Lang (senior)

· Marissa LaPorte (senior)

· Joseph Leon

· Kyra Lopez

· Sakina Musani

· Noorani Pirani

· Kristin Ruzicka (senior)

· Briannah Smith (senior)

· Scott Smith

· Anders Taylor

· Grant Ugarte (senior)

· Chloe Velazquez

· Kerrin Williams

· Alyssa Yba

AP Scholar with Honor:

· Mustafa Abu-Mallouh (senior)

· Iraklis Analitis

· Kayla Cain

· Kahley Czupek (senior)

· Jacob Geiger (senior)

· Deanna Hewitt

· Allison Koeppen (senior)

· Zachary Krause (senior)

· Mikayla Napiwocki (senior)

· Monika Pendurkova

· Timothy Perez

· Jessica Tang

· Megan Weston

AP Scholar with Distinction:

· Erika Barrios (senior)

· Alexander Clark (senior)

· Benjamin Correll

· Majdi Hassan

· Houston Meminger

· Kevin Meyers

· Taylor Peebles (senior)

· Taarak Shah (senior)

· Joseph Suarez

· Alec Tatum

· Jordan Thill

· Isabella Tonarelli

· Haley Wilson

· Marissa Zajac